Posted on January 13, 2008 - by Steven Finch | Visited 303 times, 1 so far today

Amazon Signs Up Sony/BMG to Make It All Four

Amazon is getting serious about their new Mp3 Download Store. After last weeks announcement that they were adding DRM free tracks from the Warner catalog, they are now adding Sony/BMG to their collection.

That’s right, Amazon has just announced a partnership with Sony/BMG. This means Amazon MP3 Will Be the Only Retailer to Offer Customers DRM-free MP3 Downloads from All Four Major Music Labels. Im very interested to see where this takes the company in terms of their market share. I can see Amazon Mp3 continuing to grow and gaining more market share, but i dont think it will really be a serious contender to iTunes. If anything Amazon Mp3 helps Apple grow, because at the end of the day Apple has a complete package and the Mp3’s sold on Amazon need to go somewhere and most of the time it is on to an iPod.

Here are the views of other sites around the place about Amazons’ new partnership:

• Coolfer
• Ars Technica
• Marketing VOX

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